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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460205103321

Autore

Haynes Christine

Titolo

Lost illusions [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of publishing in nineteenth-century France / / Christine Haynes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-674-05398-2

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 328 p. : ill

Collana

Harvard historical studies ; ; 167

Classificazione

06.23

Disciplina

070.50944/09034

Soggetti

Publishers and publishing - Political aspects - France - History - 19th century

Book industries and trade - France - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the dawn of the information marketplace -- The birth of the publisher -- The battle between corporatists and liberals -- Laurent-Antoine Pagnerre and the publishing coterie -- The Cercle de la librairie -- Louis Hachette and the defense of the publisher -- The divorce between state and market -- Epilogue : the effects of liberalization.